Life-boat.



No. 860,951. PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

G. W. WEILAND.

LIFE BOAT.

. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. a. 1907.

INVEN TOR I TTORNEYS WITNESSES f 4 CHARLES W. WETLAND, OF LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK.

LIFE B OAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed February 5, 1907- Serial No. 355,778.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. \Vnrmlvn, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Long Island City, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Life-Boats, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to life boats, and particularly to the means for attaching keelsons thereto or therein. The invention also has particular reference to life boats made of sheet metal in which it is necessary to remove the keelson or keelsons so as to paint the interior of the boat to prevent the same from rusting; and the object of the invention is to provide improved means for detachably securing the keelson or keelsons to or in-the boat so that said keelson or keelsons may be detached whenever desired for the purpose specified.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which l Figure l is a plan view of a life boat provided with my improvement; Fig. 2 a transverse section thereof on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a plan view of a part of the interior of the hull of a boat on an enlarged scale and showing my improvement; and, Fig 4 a section on the line 4% of Fig. 3.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a a life boat which is composed of sheet metal, and the life boat a is provided with the usual keelson or keelsons which consist of boards I), five of which are shown but any desired number of which may be employed, and which, in the form of construction shown, extend the full length of the hull but between the air chambers c at the opposite ends thereof. In socuring the boards I) in position, I provide loop-shaped bracket members (Z which are riveted to the hull of the vessel at one side of said boards, and the loop-shaped bracket members (Z are provided with link or arm members c which operate in connection with corresponding hook members f secured to the hull of the vessel on the opposite side of the boards b.

In practice, the boards I) are first placed in position between the corresponding rows of loop-shaped bracket members (1 and hook members f, and the link or arm members are then swung around and the free ends thereof are forced or driven under the hook members f, and this securely holds the boards b in place, and whenever it is desired to remove said board members in order to paint the hull of the vessel, the link or arm members (I are disconnected from the hook members f and said boards (Z may be lifted out of position and both the hull of the vessel and said board members may be painted as will be readily understood.

My invention is in no way limited to the nature, construction or object of the boat nor to the number of keelsons employed, and said keelsons when used in connection with a sheet metal hull in the manner described strengthens said hull and renders it capable of greater resistance, and the bottom keelson or board also serves as a foot plank for parties in the boat to walk 011 or stand on, and in this manner the hull of the boat is protected from injury which it might otherwise receive.

Although I have shown and described my improvement as applied to a life beat it will be apparent that the same may be employed in connection with light rafts or any other kind or class of boats, and changes in and modifications of the construction described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A metal life boat provided with detachable keelsons, said keelsons being connected with the hull of the boat by means or arms hinged at one side of said keelsons and adapted to swing longitudinally thereof, and hooks at the opposite sides of said keelsons and adapted to be engaged by said arms.

2. The herein described means for detachably locking a keelson to the bottom of the hull of a boat, comprising loop-shaped members secured to the hull at one side of the keelson and provided with link or arm members which are loosely mounted thereon, and hooleshaped members secured to the hull of the boat at the opposite side of the keelson and in connection with which the link or arm members are adapted to operate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing wit nesses this 4th day of February, 1907.

CHARLES \V. WEI LAND.

Witnesses C. E. MULREANY, A. WonnnN GIBBs. 

